hauling motor cycle

Howdy!

We're fulltimers and have been using a Idaho Tote for over six years attached to our Carrage 5er. We first carried a Yamaha Rhino on the Tote. A year ago we purchased a Smart Car an now carry it on the Idaho Tote. The Idaho Tote is an extention of our 5er not a trailer and not considered "double tow". We traveled most for the US west to east north to south with trips to Alaska and Canada (BC, Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland). We never had a problem LEO. We're not double towing and we are under 65'.

"Happy Trails"
Chiefneon

check my profile photo 630lb softtail 5yrs. and 25,000 mi. 10in. frame and about 10 ft. of overhang .there are companys that make proper lifts for this purpose ,try overbilt.com or hydralift If doing it yourself make sure the mount and lift will handle the weight there's no do overs. if bike gets spread across the highway

Ah, there's a couple of helpful posts. :)

Those miles wood hardly rate for 1 holiday trip, if staying at home why wood one want to tow an other vehicle on back of camper.
Frank

Winged One wrote:

MPI_Mallard wrote:
According to Lippert who probably built your frame if your trailer extends farther than 10' from the back of your rear wheel any significant weight on the rear your fiver should split in half like the Titanic plus alter the tongue weight throwing the whole thing outta' kilter

Wow! Towed ours 4400 miles and neither of those statements were true.

Yes, but if you put any real mileage on, it could be trouble.

I think he was exaggerating for effect. :) We towed our Smart Trailer for 3 years and over 5,000 miles with no ill effects. Lippert frame and all. :)

MPI_Mallard wrote:
According to Lippert who probably built your frame if your trailer extends farther than 10' from the back of your rear wheel any significant weight on the rear your fiver should split in half like the Titanic plus alter the tongue weight throwing the whole thing outta' kilter

Wow! Towed ours 4400 miles and neither of those statements were true.

Anything on wheels behind a fiver is triple towing and these are the states that either do or don't allow itAccording to Lippert who probably built your frame if your trailer extends farther than 10' from the back of your rear wheel any significant weight on the rear your fiver should split in half like the Titanic plus alter the tongue weight throwing the whole thing outta' kilter, the owner of our resort hauls a full dressed Harley on the rear of his fiver on a lift but he added a third axle aft of the rear one which wound up costing over $10.000! As for myself I would haul it on a separate utility or cargo trailer behind and avoid the states that don't allow it but I have several friend who routinely triple tow from north to south with out a problem but who knows which is why I'm buying a golf cart in Florida and leaving it there!

Okie1
Thought about that but a lot of states dont allow you to triple tow. Acording to fl. dot that is considered a triple tow.
Duchmaster

fj12ryder wrote:
That would be quite a job IMO. If you're planning on using it to support part of the weight, it would have to also be able to move up and down with the rear of the unit. And that could be a pretty large amount of movement considering some dips in the road and driveways and such.

My opinion is you have three choices:

1. Get a smaller/lighter bike.

2. Get a toyhauler.

3. Get something like a Smart Trailer or a Swivelwheel trailer.

The add-on trailers are the cheapest solution, but have their own issues:

Added length, added tail swing, not legal in all states, needs a strong/well built receiver hitch.

You could also just pull a small trailer for the bike, but then you run into the issues of backing up. Not a fun thing.

+1 Each have their +'s and -'s.